Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of OregonGibbs, George
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Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon
Gibbs, George
Chinook jargon -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
~Snow~, _n._ English, idem. _Snow._
~Soap~, _n._ English, idem. _Soap._
~So-le'-mie~, _n._ Chinook, SULAMICH (Anderson); Clatsop, SHOeLBE. _The
cranberry._
~Sol'-leks~, or ~Sah'-leks~, _n., adj._ Quaere u. d. _Anger; angry._ Mamook
solleks, _to fight;_ tikegh solleks, _to be hostile;_ kumtuks solleks, _to
be passionate._
~So'-pe-na~, _v._ Chinook, T'SOPENA. _To jump; to leap._
~Spo'-oh~, or ~Spo'-eh~, _adj._ Chinook, idem. _Faded; any light color,_
as pale blue, drab, &c. Chahko spoeh, _to fade._
~Spoon~, _n._ English, idem. _A spoon._
~Spose~, _conj._ English, SUPPOSE. _If; supposing; provided that; in order
that._ Spose mika nanitsh nika canim, _if you see my canoe;_ spose nika
klatawa kopa Chinook, _if or when I go to Chinook;_ kahkwa spose, _as if._
See KLOSHK SPOSE.
~Stick~, _n., adj._ English, idem. _A stick; a tree; wood; wooden._ Stick
skin, _bark;_ ship stick, _a mast;_ mitwhit stick, _a standing tree,_ icht
stick, _a yard measure;_ stick shoes, _leather shoes or boots,_ as
distinguished from skin shoes or moccasins; kull stick, _oak_ (hard wood);
isick stick, _the ash_ (paddle wood).
~Stock'-en~, _n._ English. _Stockings or socks._
~Stoh~, _adj._ Chinook, idem. _Loose._ Mamook stoh, _to untie; unloose;
undo._ Metaphorically, _to absolve._
~Stone~, _n._ English, idem. _A rock or stone; bone; horn; the testicles._
Stone kiuatan, _a stallion;_ mahsh stone, _to castrate._
~Stote'-kin~, _adj._ Chinook, STOKTKIN. _Eight._
~Stutch'-un~, _n._ English, STURGEON. _The sturgeon._
~Suk-wal'-al~, _n._ Chinook (Hale); Clatsop, SHUKWALALA, _a gun or
musket._ No longer used in Jargon.
~Sun~, _n._ English, idem. _The sun; a day._ Tenas sun, _early;_ sitkum
sun, _noon;_ klip sun, _sunset._
~Sun'-day~, _n._ English, idem. _Sunday._ Icht Sunday, _a week;_ hyas
sunday, _a holiday._ A flag hoisted on a particular occasion is sometimes
also called Sunday. The other days of the week are usually counted from
this; as, icht, mokst, klone sun kopet Sunday, _one, two, or three days
after Sunday._ Saturday used to be called at the Hudson's Bay Company's
posts "muckamuck sun," _food day,_ as the one on which the rations were
issued.
T.
~Tagh'-um~, ~To'-hum~, or ~Tugh'-um~, _adj._ Chinook, TAKHUM; Cowlitz,
TUKHUM; Kwantlen, TUKHUM'; Selish, TAKKAN. _Six._
~Tahl-kie~, or ~Tahnl-kie~, _adv._ Chinook, TANLKI. _Yesterday._ Icht
tahlkie, _day before yesterday._
~Tah-nim~, _v._ Chihalis, idem. _To measure._ Of only local use, and not
strictly Jargon.
~Taht'-le-lum~, or ~Tot'-le-lum~, _adj._ Chinook, TATLELUM. _Ten._ The
combinations from this are simple. Moxt, klone, &c., tahtlelum, signifying
_twenty, thirty,_ &c.; tahtlelum pe icht, &c., _eleven, twelve, &c._
~Tal-a-pus~, _n._ Chinook, ITALIPAS; Yakama, TELIPA. (Pandosy.) _The
coyote or prairie wolf._ A sort of deity or supernatural being, prominent
in Indian mythology. _A sneak._
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